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Responses from gregm
| Preamp for ARC-Proac System - Is Balanced Best??? Francis -- try CAT Ultimate if you want to surpass the ref1 (my opinion). | |
| Best Dark Sounding Amp For Bright Speakers? Tsk, tsk, Seandtaylor, there you go investing again! Wear the socks over your ears. Same results. | |
| Up and Over sampling EXACTLY the same thing BTW, Judith, Beta (super~) was used in advertising all the same. Better of course, than vhs with good enough resolution to air, and cheaper to use than 35mm. | |
| Building a system around the Avanti 3's, need help John gives good advice. Having lived with Avanti & heard & helped set up quite a few, I'll try to set some ground rules & maybe also explain where John 1 is coming from. General comments: FAST speakers; easy to make them chirp, but TRI... | |
| Best Dark Sounding Amp For Bright Speakers? Bob-B, of course you don't wear them b/wards. Socks are more directional than cables even -- you know that :) | |
| What is "critical listening"? Cheers, 6c! | |
| What is "critical listening"? Good to know I'm not alone, Detlof :)! Bonus for home stereos: you can't do that @ a concert hall!! | |
| What is "critical listening"? Interesting posts! In reality, each poster is DEFINING what she/he means by "critical listening"! Good to know because wee understand each other better. Like Detlof, Bomarc & others, I use the expression for gauging equipment!!! I.e., there, I... | |
| Building a system around the Avanti 3's, need help Hi Jbo: which Avanti, what kind of music do you MAINLY listen to & judge by, yr tastes in reproduction? This info would help us give meaningful recommendations. I had Avanti @ home & have heard & set up a few other pairs at friends' &a... | |
| Polarity with SCD-1 Drrd's talking about polarity, not phase -- right? In which cae, reversing the poles s/where (speakers say) does the trick. (Don't know about the scd-1, whenever I have listened someone else has been doing the setting up.)If not, it seems that Iva... | |
| Ray Lumley M100 tube amps Ooops, just remembered the speaker & pre: Apogee Stages, DNM 6A and long DNM I/Cs, very short speaker cables (don't remember those (silver Kimber? was ther such a thing?).Sorry. | |
| Ray Lumley M100 tube amps Hmmmm, that was some time ago, or is my memory failing me? The ones with kt88's & a grille that looked like an army field transmitter? They were "powerhouses" of the time?If so, I had heard a "re-capped" pair years ago driving dynamic speakers... | |
| Which components knocked you out on first listen? These items/combinations came to mind when I read the title of the thread -- i.e. before I read the posts:2 pairs Quad 63 / 4x Jadis monos (can't remember which).Genesis 201 speakers in a system that had a Goldmund Ref TT source.Genesis 1.1 speake... | |
| Tip: Excellent Jazz CD's Thanks ALL for ALL the tips! Cheers | |
| Genesis 350 Experience Myoussif, great speakers -- good for you! There are some(sort of) user-friendly upgrades available for the ribbon part. If I'm not mistaken, you can find info at the ribbon loudspeakers forum of www.audiocircuit.com & also at www.aca.gr (an au... |